"If you're always going for long-term relationships, why are you a freelancer?" 1. I hate interacting with clueless HR people 2. I don't want to have discussions on when I take vacation or how I want to get paid 3. I don't want to ask permission to follow certain trainings or go to conferences 4. Managers tend to listen more to "consultants" (depends on the company though) I like to be in control of my career and guess what, I actually deliver better value because of it. As in, delivering value generating millions in revenue. If you want to have drones in your companies, go ahead and hire an employee. If he or she is good enough, he or she will quit and become a freelancer anyway.